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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. HUBBARD, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO O. B.-

NORTH 8U CO., OF SAME PLACE.

BREAST-STRAP HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi Letters Patent No. 271,851, dated February6, 1883,

Y Application filed December 7, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom #may concern Be it known that l, GEORGE M. HUBBARDy-Improvement in Breast-Strap Hooks; andl do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with accompanying drawings, and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, ini Figure l, a perspective view 5 Fig. 2, a side View.

This invention relates to an improvement in the article ofsaddlery-hardware commonly y called breast-strap hookthat is to say, the

hook in double harness by which the holdbackstraps on the end of thepole are engaged with the collar-the object of the invention being sucha construction ot' the hook as. will not only make the detachment of thering easy and simple, hold the ring in engagement with the hook, andgive the required freedom for play oi the ring, but retain it in thesame plane as the strap; and the invention consists in a frame forming abuckle or loop for'the attachment of the strap, an arm extendingtherefrom divided to form two hooks, of which the single arm will be theshank common to both, and the hooks stand respectively to the right orleft of the arm, as more fully hereinafter described.

A represents the buckle-frame, and B the tongue. Y From the lower partot' the buckle an arm, C, extends downward, its end divided into twoparts, D E, and at the division the two parts are turned up to form thehook, the two parts practically forming two hooks from the single arm C,the said two hooks being substantially parallel with each other, theirends coming into about the same plane as the arm and so as to leaveaspace, F, between the ends ofthe arm and the bar otthe buckle-frame forthe introduction ot' the ring. The ringis first introduced into onehook, then turned until it can be entered under the opposite hook. Thering is then passed down between the two hooks and the arm, as shown,and therefore rests at the bend between the two hooks and the centralarm. The two hooks being on each side the arm prevent the twistingot't-he ring in the hook, so that it always stands in itsplace in the hooksubstantially asif hinged thereto, but yet is allowed periectlfreedoin.To detach the hook, reverse the operation of introduction.

The construction of the buekleis immaterial to this invention, orinstead of the buckle it may be a loop at the upper endof the armi'orthe breast-strap to pass through.

I clai'mv The hereindeseribed breast-strap hook, `consisting of a frameor loop for the attachment of the strap, and an arm, C, extendingtherefrom and terminating in the two parts D E, the two k

